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Contributing to this blog:
- "Dave" is Dave Barry, who is a humor columnist and presidential contender.
- "judi" is Judi Smith, who is Dave's Research Department, as well as being interested in men.
- "Walter" is Walter, a bone from the penis of a walrus.

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As an ex-Army Signals officer and Amateur radio operator, I understand the problem well. Someone with a $5 radio complains that they are receiving your radio signal, even when you can prove that you are operating on frequency and its their cheap radio receiving signals it shouldn't be getting. Now if we could get all the TV's to change channel and tune into 24 on Monday nights, now that would be a useful fault.

This is a tough one and I feel for the neighbors, but lean towards AA *falls over as ArcticAl steps back*.

Fun story: as a Boy Scout, we had a camp-out hosted by Gitmo, the Navy Base in Cuba. They took us out to the boundary line where a Marine barracks sat next to a HUGE cistern with a concrete lid. The Cubans used to shine powerful spotlights at the barracks to annoy the Marines, until the Marines had a work party one day, hiding what they were doing behind trucks. That night, when the spotlights came on they illuminated a HUGE Marine Corps Emblem on the cistern lid. No more spotlights!

Of course there also are those military experiments where they transmit a loud signal at a high frequency and all of the bad guys poop their pants and fall down. Maybe they're just perfecting the device and trying to get the right frequency and they hit the garage door openers by accident.

Last week my dad installed a new garage door opener, and it closed on him! After mom pulled him out from under it by his big feet, they both uninstalled it and we returned it to the shop. When the man saw my Mom and dad walk in, he had this look of fear on his face, maybe because he thought my Mom was gona squash him, or my dads big butt that reaches the back of his neck.

Anyway, my mom told the shop owner what happened, and that she wanted a refund. The man then said that there was nothing wrong with it, and he wasn't gona pay us. He said the reason why it closed was because of the Signal company on our post. So she punched him in the mouth, and his store closed, but the Signal company had nothing to do with it.

If the frequency was "borrowed"...shouldn't the manufacturer and/or installer that "borrowed" it be responsible? ... They made money off of it. Seems blaming the Marines is not sensible. But, that's just me.

RC - How did it close on him? A couple of years ago I had to replace my garage door openers and the new ones came with a light beam assembly that you have to install on the floor where the door comes down. If that beam is broken the door won't close.

In honor of Mr. Ducky, Wyo, Gadfly, and all the other bloglits who have served our country:

From the halls of Montezuma, to the ‘burbs of Quantico
We fight our country's battles; into your garage we go
First to fight for the right frequencies, and to keep those hertz unseen
We are proud to claim they're vital to United
States Marines.

You drag yourself out of your car to lift that big old door
You had fought with your remote control till sweat dripped from your pores
I know you don’t like to use your hands, and you’d love to make a scene
But you’ll find we always win a fight; the United States Marines.

It’s healthy to lift heavy doors; yes, we sure have our nerve
Suburbanites, you bought devices you think you deserve
But our national security takes precedent over machines
You will find it hard to argue with
United States Marines.

I always feel bad about talking about non-Blog stuff on the Blog, but by now it's recess. Briefly, Jazzzz, the draft is not yet formed. Free agency begins March 2nd. The value boards for each team are being built, for the draft, but first everbody has through the trading period. The Draft is separate.

Teams are getting smart enough, under the new rules, to protect Free Agents and draft best available player. Right now, the smartest teams will be protecting their Free Agents, beginning Friday morning. That madness, first, before the draft. My Jags won't be players in Free Agency, from what I can see. They may come in low and grab a competitor as a receiver. They have depth and experience at every position, except for Quarterback, but they have three good, young quarterbacks and don't see anything seasoned on the market to go grab there. Should be interesting.

Actually, El, what the Chargers must especially do is find creative ways to keep their UFAs , then their RFAs, before they think about the draft. Your coaches need to make certain that find a way to keep them during Free Agency, beginning Friday morning and yours is a smart team I fear. For example, I don't fear the Redskins; they will come after Jaguars and Chargers players in FA, but they are incompetent. Their Salary Cap will explode, but the ability of good teams to keep their players together during FA will be what we need to watch. Snyder can keep buying players and take them from any team until the next Owners meeting, hurting other teams, but the league will have to decide. San Diego can't protect them, much less the Jags, but Snyder is an idiot. For now, if San Diego has UFAs and RFAs to protect, watch the Redskins. For now, the only way to protect a player from Daniel Snyder is to Franchise him. Placing a Franchise tag on a player means that if Snyder takes him, he has to give you two First Round Draft Picks, plus, this year, around $13.5 M. The only way Snyder can keep this apparently cocaine-inspired level of trading going on is to destroy the Redskins. So far, they will never have a First Round choice, forever and they are spending a fortune and buying everyone's players.

jd - she's right. Do they have courses like that online? That way she can work, too. One of the best things I ever did was work during the summer, invest the $, and buy a house when I got settled after graduating. Huge investment and tax break for a single person.

My sis-in-law is almost done with her Masters in geology at UT Austin. I have a great deal lof envy for her, as I have not yet finished my BSN. And, as disinclined as I feel right now to go back to school, it could take a VERY long time. Congrats to the rock star duckling.

A guy who works for me has a Marine son in Iraq and has a Marine bumper sticker on his car that says

"It's Allah's job to judge the terrorists...
Our job is to arrange the meeting"

Love it.

Congrats, JD, having gone the PhD route myself I can tell ya she's in for a helluva ride. (When I finished I bought myself a boat as a reward and named it "Phinally Done" the missus suggested "Piled High and Deep")

Stevie, yummmo! that's how my aunt (GRHS) made it. With plenty of cerveza. It's called "A la chorrera". I attempted to do it ONCE and it wasn't as great. NOT horrible but my aunt was an awesome cook. I have lots of her recipes.

One of her specialties that I used to make was Arroz Imperial. Similar to arroz con pollo but placed in layers in a casserole dish. Rice, shredded chicken with mayo in the middle and topped with rice and cheese. That is SOOOOOOOOOOO good!!